A delightful intellectual adventure that brings together physics and ancient philosophy.
Anthony Aguirre is a professor of physics at the University of California-Santa Cruz and co-founder of the Foundational Questions Institute.
This unique and beautifully written masterpiece transforms the
deepest mysteries of our universe into a captivating and accessible
quest for personal enlightenment
*Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0*
A gem of a book
*Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics*
A delight for readers raised on Gödel, Escher, Bach and The Dancing
Wu Li Masters
*Kirkus*
This is calisthenics for the mind - it will stretch your
imagination almost to the breaking point, and your understanding of
reality will come away more healthy and flexible than before
*Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture*
A truly creative exploration of physics and its profound insights
into the Universe
*Adam Frank, author of Light of the Stars*
The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental
physics. . . What Aguirre does remarkably well is to find a way of
threading many of the most interesting questions in theoretical
physics onto a single narrative chain. . . At its heart the book
offers a compelling answer to the question of how to talk about the
un-talk-about-able
*The New Scientist*
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